2011 Germany

The 2011 CEVMA conference took place in Germany - Gästehäuser Hohe Rhön, between September 21-25, 2011. We had a great time together

Annual CEVMA Conference

Each annual meeting is organised by visual media professionals sharing the vision of CEVMA in the country where the conference is to take place. We rotate between different countries but always try to find venues easy and not-too-expensive to get to for people coming from far away. By the way, not only people from Europe are members of the "CEVMA family"; we often welcome people from Africa, the Middle East, North America, Australasia and other lands at our meetings.

These annual get-togethers always include a series of Bible talks where the speaker(s) attempt to cater to our needs and challenges as media professionals, and each day includes a prayer and worship time too, in order to 'tank up on grace' and to receive mutual encouragement for the work each of us believe we are called to do.

During our 3 to 4 days together, there are also media workshops, topical discussions, and lots of informational sessions where we update each other on the work we are doing. Every even year (2004, 2006, 2008, etc.) there is also a film festival where people present their productions in friendly competition. CEVMA awards are presented for the different kinds of productions (feature film, documentaries, children/youth, shorts, etc.)

2010 Italy

Photos from the 2010 conference

The 2010 CEVMA conference took place in Verbania Pallanza, near Milan, Italy, between Sept 15th and Sept 19th. It's a time to meet old friends, make new ones, and enjoy our bi-annual fim festival!

We're looking forward to have you there!

HOTEL CASTAGNOLA
Via degli Oleandri
28922 Verbania Pallanza
tel. 0323 503414
fax 0323 556341
website: http://www.hotelcastagnola.it

2009 Scotland

Carberry Towers

2009’s conference was held at Carberry Towers – a magnificent mansion steeped in history, dating back to the 15th century. It got its name from the tower which dominates the mansion and which is over 450 years old. It was first mentioned in the writings of the monks of Dunfermline Abbey in the 11th century

Everyone loved the place -  situated in 35 acres of landscaped parkland and just 20 minutes away from Edinburgh, the obvious destination for the traditional CEVMA outing. To crown it all – the weather was perfect!

Seminars:

Steven Faux lead a highly informative seminar on ‘music for your production’, and also providing the music for our worship sessions. His wide experience of composing and performing music for programmes including many BBC TV and Radio productions made his session particularly relevant.

Andrew Harrison lead a session on Directing from an actor’s point of view. Not only was Andy highly entertaining, but his perspective opened up issues hitherto unthought of by many directors, for instance the need to continually encourage and affirm your performers who are by nature insecure!

The Bible Talks were given  appropriately enough by our Scottish board member Crawford Telfer After 15 years with the BBC, he joined the Christian Television Association as its Director of  Programmes in 1985 where he has worked ever since.. The theme of his 4 talks was ‘Answering God’s call in difficult times’ – and these proved to be highly popular. They can be downloaded from this site.